Summary of Blogger:Blogger is a free blogging site where you can share your opinions; write about your life, or topics of your interest. It is a great way to start a discussion on a subject where you want people’s opinions or their experiences with something. Blogging is a way for people share their own personal ideas, opinions, advice and inspirations with others. You can also share pictures, assignments, and notes from class on blogger. You can make your blogger private so only people who are invited can see your blog, which is helpful for classrooms that have younger students.You can go to blogger.com to view the website and develop a blog of your own.
Pros and Cons of Blogger: Blogger is free and easy to use. Some pros of using blogger include; it is easy to start a blog through blogger, it can help you meet new people with the same interests, you can get other opinions or learn about other peoples experiences that is similar to yours, you can get feedback on your blogs from other people, including teachers, and you can keep track of your ideas and posts in one safe spot. Cons for blogger could be that it is important to know that what you type is out there for others to see so you have to be careful what you post online. If you want to make your blog private you can do so in the settings. Another con for blogger is, like with any site online, you never know when you will get booted, shut off, or when you will not be able to load the site so it is important to make sure that you save your work to word or another program just in case so you don’t lose your work.
How Blogger can be used in the classroom: Blogger can be used in so many ways in the classroom, for starters teachers can use blogger to keep in touch with parents and students. Teachers can do this by posting the class newsletter on the blog so parents know what is happening daily and so they can keep up to date with class trips, assignments, and projects. The teacher can also share student works, documents, and rubrics through the blog. Blogger is a great way to improve student typing skills and web navigation. It is also a great way for peers to collaborate with classmates on projects and assignments and get opinions on certain things that they have questions with.
Here are some resources for the use of Blogger in education...
Blogger
Summary of Blogger: Blogger is a free blogging site where you can share your opinions; write about your life, or topics of your interest. It is a great way to start a discussion on a subject where you want people’s opinions or their experiences with something. Blogging is a way for people share their own personal ideas, opinions, advice and inspirations with others. You can also share pictures, assignments, and notes from class on blogger. You can make your blogger private so only people who are invited can see your blog, which is helpful for classrooms that have younger students.You can go to blogger.com to view the website and develop a blog of your own.
Pros and Cons of Blogger: Blogger is free and easy to use. Some pros of using blogger include; it is easy to start a blog through blogger, it can help you meet new people with the same interests, you can get other opinions or learn about other peoples experiences that is similar to yours, you can get feedback on your blogs from other people, including teachers, and you can keep track of your ideas and posts in one safe spot. Cons for blogger could be that it is important to know that what you type is out there for others to see so you have to be careful what you post online. If you want to make your blog private you can do so in the settings. Another con for blogger is, like with any site online, you never know when you will get booted, shut off, or when you will not be able to load the site so it is important to make sure that you save your work to word or another program just in case so you don’t lose your work.
How Blogger can be used in the classroom: Blogger can be used in so many ways in the classroom, for starters teachers can use blogger to keep in touch with parents and students. Teachers can do this by posting the class newsletter on the blog so parents know what is happening daily and so they can keep up to date with class trips, assignments, and projects. The teacher can also share student works, documents, and rubrics through the blog. Blogger is a great way to improve student typing skills and web navigation. It is also a great way for peers to collaborate with classmates on projects and assignments and get opinions on certain things that they have questions with.
Here are some resources for the use of Blogger in education...
http://blog.web20classroom.org/2013/04/soyou-wanna-use-blogs-in-classroom.html
https://classroomblogging.wordpress.com/blog-tool-help-documents/using-blogger/
Resources:
Solomon, G., & Schrum, L. (2010). Web 2.0 how-to-for educators.
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Tenkely, K. (2015). http://teaching.monster.com/benefits/articles/1909-feature-column-blogging-you-and-your-classroom